SciShow
How Continent-Sized Dust Storms Form
In the future, we may see more continent-sized dust storms like the one nicknamed Godzilla, which crossed the Atlantic ocean in 2020. And since then, researchers have been looking into what caused such a colossal storm. If we can predict...
MinuteEarth
How Birds Fooled Military Radar
A technology to ignore birds on radar ended up being useful to study and conserve them.
TED-Ed
Meet the bluefin tuna, the toughest fish in the sea | Grantly Galland and Raiana McKinney
What's as big as a polar bear, swallows its prey whole, and swims at forty miles an hour? It's not a shark or a killer whale... it's the Atlantic bluefin tuna— the largest and longest-lived of the 15 tuna species. Its unique set of...
SciShow
Could We Give Mars a Magnetic Field?
One way to help us live on Mars would be to terraform the planet. Some scientists think we might be able to do that by giving it a new magnetic field!
SciShow
What's Stopping the James Webb Space Telescope?
The James Webb Space Telescope is the most complex telescope we’ve ever sent into space. But, Webb is not, in fact, in space… yet.
SciShow
Astronomers Just Discovered the Biggest Explosion Ever
Scientists just discovered the largest explosion ever detected, and it's thanks to the collaborative efforts of scientists from all over the world.
Bozeman Science
Gravitational Forces
In this video Paul Andersen explains how gravitational forces differ from the other three fundamental forces; electromagnetic, strong, and weak. Gravitational forces are always attractive and operate at all scales. Even though...
SciShow
Jupiter's Moons May Keep Each Other Warm
As small as Jupiter's moons are in comparison to the giant planet, they may actually have an important role to play in keeping each other warm, heating the moons enough to have liquid oceans!
SciShow
The Bacteria That Make Perfect, Tiny Magnets
Learn how magnetic bacteria work, and how scientists think they can help technology in the future!
Bozeman Science
Compartmentalization
Paul Andersen explains how eukaryotic cells use compartmentalization to increase the surface area and level of specialization within the cell. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells are compared and contrasted. The role of both the mitochodria...
SciShow
A ‘New Neptune’ With Water, and Cyanide in Space
SciShow Space News shares the latest developments from around the universe, including the discovery of water vapor on a new “exo-Neptune,” and cyanide found in the clouds where stars are born.
SciShow Kids
What Are Stars?
Find out what makes stars what they are, and take a tour of some of the most extreme stars in space!
SciShow
How to Clean Up After Ourselves in Space
We've launched thousands of spacecraft over the years. And as the space junk around our planet builds up, researchers are working on ways to clean things up using some obvious things, like lasers, and some less obvious ones, like solar...
SciShow
Stardust Discovery, and 2 Planetary Conjunctions
SciShow Space shares the latest developments from around the universe, including news about the first material ever collected from outside the solar system, and a backyard astronomers’ guide to two upcoming planetary conjunctions.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How stress affects your brain - Madhumita Murgia
Stress isn't always a bad thing; it can be handy for a burst of extra energy and focus, like when you're playing a competitive sport or have to speak in public. But when it's continuous, it actually begins to change your brain. Madhumita...
Crash Course
Electronic Computing: Crash Course Computer Science
So we ended last episode at the start of the 20th century with special purpose computing devices such as Herman Hollerith’s tabulating machines. But as the scale of human civilization continued to grow as did the demand for more...
SciShow
Why Does Swiss Cheese Have Holes?
SciShow explains a) why Swiss cheese has holes, b) what Swiss cheese is called in Switzerland and c) what vested interest the U.S. government has in said cheese holes. Seriously, people.
PBS
A Hierarchy of Infinities
There are different sizes of infinity. It turns out that some are larger than others. Mathematician Kelsey Houston-Edwards breaks down what these different sizes are and where they belong in The Hierarchy of Infinities.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why do animals have such different lifespans? - Joao Pedro de Magalhaes
For the microscopic lab worm C. elegans, life equates to just a few short weeks on Earth. The bowhead whale, on the other hand, can live over two hundred years. Why are these lifespans so different? And what does it really mean to 'age'...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The 2,400-year search for the atom - Theresa Doud
How do we know what matter is made of? The quest for the atom has been a long one, beginning 2,400 years ago with the work of a Greek philosopher and later continued by a Quaker and a few Nobel Prize-winning scientists. Theresa Doud...
SciShow
How Can We Clean Up the Oceans?
Plastic is a huge problem in the oceans, but engineers and research groups are working on how to deal with it. Hank describes some of the leading proposed solutions.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why are blue whales so enormous? - Asha de Vos
Blue whales are the largest animals on the planet, but what helps them grow to the length of a basketball court? Asha de Vos explains why the size of krill make them the ideal food for the blue whale -- it's as if the blue whale was made...
SciShow
Healing Ozone & Studying Ecstasy
The ozone appears to be healing itself but there's still plenty of research to be done to stay green! -And researchers are wanting to study MDMA.
SciShow
Can You Really Be Scared to Death?
Can you literally "die of fright?" Turns out, you can! In this episode of SciShow Hank explores the mechanisms in your body that activate when you get scared, and how they can sometimes get out of hand.